MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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